source:[CLICK YORKSHIRE FOR GOOD INTERVIEW VIDEO OF HEATHER]yorkshire evening post 08 July 2008: BODYBUILDERS might be described as beefcakes, but champion Heather Smith doesn’t need meat to boost her muscles.
Non-meat eaters are a rarity in the sport, but that hasn’t stopped the petite personal trainer from Middleton, Leeds, heading straight to the top of the winners’ podium as a vegetarian.
Because protein is so important for building muscle, competitors eat plenty of protein-packed chicken and turkey. But Heather has to rely on egg whites – nine a day – for hers.
Clearly it’s no yolking matter as the 28-year-old recently posed her way into pole position to be crowned Natural Physique Association Yorkshire Champion at Batley Frontier.
She said: “I’ve only met one other vegetarian bodybuilder. But there are people more amazing by far – like a blind bodybuilder I saw compete.”